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  • Author:
    Tal

    21.67 $
  • Author:
    Ezhov

    Grandmaster Carlos Torre – like a chess comet; his genius flashed dazzlingly and quickly went out in the chess firmament! He – the author of the most famous “mill” in the history of chess, the 2nd world champion Emanuel Lasker fell into its merciless millstones. The authors spoke about the life and work of the Mexican genius (the book contains 25 commentated games by K. Torre). Torre’s book “How a Chess Player is Formed” is presented, an essay by international master Yaroslav Prizant about Torre’s attack in modern practice. In the section "Play like Torre" – 36 instructive examples from his practice to solve. Finally, there is an interview with Carlos Torre, conducted by Gabriel Velasco in 1977. Working with the book will give readers not only aesthetic pleasure, but will also help improve their skills.

    18.33 $
  • Author:
    Chandler

    The set consists of the book Chandler M. Chess for Children (gift edition) and the hero of this book - Marty the dragon (Dragon is the symbol of 2024). LEARN CHESS with the Very Big Dragon Marty! Using this entertaining book, your child will quickly and easily learn to play chess – the world's most popular strategy game that develops logical thinking. The rules are explained clearly and clearly, step by step, from scratch. The lessons reinforce the fun conversations between the boy Petya and his favorite dragon Marty, who calls himself the Very Big Dragon. In many countries, chess is recognized as a useful means of developing creative thinking in children. Although they are considered a complex and even mysterious game, the rules are quite simple. It doesn't take long to understand how the pieces move, and even a five-year-old child can enjoy chess. And children really like to beat their friends and relatives! Enlarged format (210x290 mm) The cute green dragon, the symbol of 2024, symbolizing strength, generosity, courage and endurance, is the hero of the book, which explains the rules of the chess game. The dragon has a suction cup, and you can use it to hang the toy on a glossy surface, on a window or refrigerator. Made of soft fabric,  has a height of 20 cm and a length of 26 cm.

    27.33 $
  • A limited edition of the most famous electronic chess clock. Design & quot; under the tree & quot ;. Released for the 25th anniversary of the DGT. & Nbsp; These watches are used in all major tournaments, world championships and World Cups, World Chess Olympiads. Installation of any time controls, including Fisher and Bronstein controls (with added time). & Nbsp;

    237.50 $
  • Author:
    Vysotsky

    20.00 $
  • Author:
    Chernyshov

    The authors continue to study typical opening and middlegame positions. Royal Fortress No. 2 has pawns on squares f7, g6, h7 (or f2, g3, h2), and they are usually joined by another defender – bishop on g7 (g2). This formation is called fianchetto, it is found in many popular openings, such as the Catalan Opening, King's Indian Defense, Grunfeld Defense and a number of others.  The authors analyze in detail the techniques of attack, defense and counterattack. Most examples – from the creativity of modern chess players (for example, a separate chapter is dedicated to the strongest Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi); they are complemented by parts that have become a classical heritage. The book contains about 300 positions for independent solution, so it is not only a textbook, but also a solid problem book. Grandmaster Konstantin Chernyshov, head of the Interregional Grandmaster School in Kostroma, and his daughter International Master Natalya Kareva – experienced coaches, whose students include grandmasters and masters, champions of Russia and Europe among juniors.  The book is addressed to young chess players and their mentors. 

    20.00 $
  • Author:
    Kostrov

    Hundreds of thousands of novice chess players have held in their hands the solution books of “1000 chess problems” for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of study. These collections became winners of the “Chess Vseobuch of Russia” competition. We decided to combine our three books into one so that the future grandmaster would have more opportunities for improvement and choice of material. It will also be easier for students and coaches to regulate the speed of the material. In the first parts of our book, novice chess players will get acquainted with all possible types of checkmates. Then, future grandmasters will learn to deliver magnificent double blows with a queen and a knight, promote a pawn to a queen. Studying according to this solution book, you will also master the pin, learn to cover yourself from the enemy's pieces, block the enemy's forces, destroy the most reliable fortresses, distract and entice his royal majesty and much more. Work with the book as with a textbook, and do not forget to write down the solutions under each diagram! The correct solutions are at the end of the book. For the widest range of chess fans.

    15.75 $
  • Author:
    Zhuravlev

    This tutorial is addressed to those who want to learn to play chess on their own and improve further. The lesson-based method of presentation, as well as numerous exercises, contribute to the consistent assimilation of the rules and laws that form the basis of the chess game. The book contains extensive educational material, which is presented to the reader in accordance with modern pedagogical principles. The purpose of this manual is to train chess players of the III category (rating up to 1800). The textbook can also be used for classes in groups - it covers the material of existing programs of the first year of study in children's and youth chess schools.

    23.33 $
  • Author:
    Fine

    In the vast ocean of chess literature there are relatively few books about the endgame, and only a few of them can be considered true chess classics. And the most outstanding among the classics — Reuben Fine's book "Basic Chess Endings". Reuben Fine (1914−1993) was for a long time one of the best chess players in the world. As an author, Fine showed himself to be an excellent analyst who understood the full depth and peculiarities of the endgame. Having studied various types of standard positions, Fine established useful rules for practical play and proved himself to be an experienced teacher who, using skillfully chosen examples, was able to teach the reader all the necessary lessons and introduce him to the basic ideas of the endgame. Many generations of chess players in different countries of the world keep copies of “Basic Chess Endings”. For example, Mikhail Botvinnik considered Fine's work the most worthy of all that had ever been written on endgame theory.

    35.00 $
  • Magnetic road chess: folding board-case made of artificial leather, tablet-figures with a convex image. Wallet size 19x22 cm. The playing field is 15.5 x 15.5 cm. Cell 2x2 cm.

    51.72 $
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  • book

    37.24 $

    RUB

    This book is written by the most successful trainer in the history of chess - Laszlo Polgar. Three of his daughters, whom he taught the game on his own, became Olympic champions, winners of the Oscar, world champions and long-standing leaders of the world rating, whose records were included in the Guinness Book of Records. This edition has collected more than 5000 tasks covering the entire history of chess literature. The book is intended for a wide range of chess players of all ages with the level of play from beginner to candidate for master. This edition is the best assistant both to chess players, and to their parents and coaches.

  • book

    37.24 $

    RUB

    In the collection under the title "Chess Game Book" of the great Cuban chess player, ex-world champion X. R. Capablanca (4th ed.) Went: "My chess career" - an autobiography covering the period before the World Championship match with Em. Lasker (3rd ed.); "Fundamentals of a Chess Game" (10th ed.); "The last chess lectures" (4th ed.), Read by Capablanca on US radio in 1941, and two articles from the magazine "Mundial", first published in Russian in the translation of FN Shatagin. At the end of the book are 66 parties, commented by the author. For a wide range of readers interested in chess.

  • book

    36.67 $

    RUB

    The book lying in front of you is intended primarily for the self-improvement of strong chess players. Its specificity presupposes saturation with exceptionally complex analyzes, exercises that will be difficult for even the leading grandmasters to cope with. But, I believe, chess lovers will find their interest in it. Isn’t it curious to look, if not by the owners, but by the guests, into the world of top-level chess, to see firsthand what problems the chess “pros” solve (successfully or unsuccessfully) and how far even their game is far from perfect ?!

  • book

    36.41 $

    RUB

    The book of the deserved trainer, master of sports MI Shereshevsky is devoted to the problem of a complex game endgame. Understand the basic principles of the game in complex endings, give interesting recommendations on the technique of the game. The work is based on numerous examples both from the classical heritage, and from modern chess practice. For chess players-dischargers.

  • book

    36.41 $

    RUB

    Rare edition, released in small print.

  • book

    The ability to declare the opponent a mate & ndash; the basis of chess art. However, in the sea of ​​chess literature, the most important stage of training was undeservedly forgotten; & ndash; tasks on mate in one turn. The task book includes the material that corresponds to the Chess program, the first year, the textbook for schoolchildren & Chess, the first year, or There the cells are black-and-white miracles and mysteries are full & raquo; and a manual for the teacher & laquo; Chess, the first year, or I study and teach & raquo ;. In the collection of 1500 tasks: 1242 clearly structured three-, four- and five figured positions-schemes, covering all typical matte constructions for a given number of figures and a workshop of 258 training positions.

  • book

    35.59 $

    RUB

    In five volumes. In this capital work, two types of endings are explored - elephant and horse. The material is systematized, ranging from the simplest positions to complex endings. The book can be used as a training tool for playing endings, as well as a guide when analyzing deferred games. When creating the "Chess endings" the emphasis was not on collecting and testing theoretical positions, practical endings and studies. The main task was a systematic study of the main types of endings, for which in many cases it was necessary to conduct large independent analyzes and to identify important theoretical positions in order to eliminate “white spots” in theory and give the necessary practical recommendations. Designed for highly skilled chess players.

  • book

    35.17 $

    RUB

    One of the best textbooks of world chess literature, which contains the main works of the outstanding grandmaster: "My system", "My system in practice", "Chess blockade", "How I became the grandmaster" and much more. About 600 pages!

  • book

    35.17 $

    RUB

    The sixth book is a textbook, which includes debut questions, middlegame strategies and endgames. A sufficient number of educational examples that reveal the essence of the subject are cited. The methodology of the presentation of the material makes it possible to vary the degree of complexity of instruction. It depends on the form of independent work on topics. A more detailed approach stimulates the growth of chess mastery. At the beginning of the textbook special questions of teaching methodology of chess for middle age are considered. The book is intended for fans of chess, dischargers and coaches.

  • book

    35.17 $

    RUB

    The second book outlines the training program, provides training positions and games for beginning chess players and dischargers. The elements of the three stages of the chess game are considered. Homework, exercises for repetition, methodical recommendations for coaches and parents.

  • book

    35.00 $

    RUB

    The new book of the famous coach Mark Dvoretsky is devoted to one of the most important facets of positional skill - the art of playing figures, the ability to maneuver, to find the best fields for figures. The "Introduction" examines various aspects of the art of maneuvering, and then the reader is offered an extensive collection of exercises - from elementary to difficult enough. Skill skillfully maneuver is important in all stages of the party, so among the exercises there are debut, and mittelspilnye, and endgame positions, not only taken from practical parties, but etudes. Detailed comments in the "Answers" are not limited to indicating the only correct sequence of moves and explanatory side alternatives: the author tried to reproduce the logic of the solution search, to show how a chess player behind the board could come to the right conclusions.

  • book

    35.00 $

    RUB

    In the vast ocean of chess literature there are relatively few books about the endgame, and only a few of them can be considered true chess classics. And the most outstanding among the classics — Reuben Fine's book "Basic Chess Endings". Reuben Fine (1914−1993) was for a long time one of the best chess players in the world. As an author, Fine showed himself to be an excellent analyst who understood the full depth and peculiarities of the endgame. Having studied various types of standard positions, Fine established useful rules for practical play and proved himself to be an experienced teacher who, using skillfully chosen examples, was able to teach the reader all the necessary lessons and introduce him to the basic ideas of the endgame. Many generations of chess players in different countries of the world keep copies of “Basic Chess Endings”. For example, Mikhail Botvinnik considered Fine's work the most worthy of all that had ever been written on endgame theory.